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CVE-2023-25749

Publication date 2 June 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Android applications with unpatched vulnerabilities can be launched from a browser using Intents, exposing users to these vulnerabilities. Firefox will now confirm with users that they want to launch an external application before doing so. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
mozjs38 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs68 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs78 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs91 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support, was needed
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes

tyhicks

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

mdeslaur

starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap

alexmurray

Only affects Firefox on Android

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N